As I am a stay-at-home mom and a Pastor's wife, flexibility is the #1 thing needed in my family. You know where you are running late because you have a school function (say a concert where you have to bring a food item...), followed by a church function (because everyone will be there anyway...).
Barring those crazy times, I have free time where I love to assist people in tasks that they need to be completed. In the past I have assisted a Medical Rep with his contact list, emails, booking venues and trucks. I also managed his databases and created documents to keep track of supplies and inventory. (Did I mention that I LOVE Dropbox?) This was fun work for me!! I may have found a niche where I can help others and still be at home.
Here is a list of things I can do (but not limited to things I can learn...):
Create documents
Create spreadsheets
Create PDF's
Data mine and scrape from the internet info you are looking for
Organize your dropbox
create newsletters (I love doing the layouts!)
Charts and visuals
Power points for presentations and sermons
Clean out iCloud and take care of duplicates
Helping manage your Social Media outlets
And more that I can't think of right now...
Let me help you and make you shine like the star you are!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Camp Meeting 2016 - Junior division
I've just spent 2 weeks in a tent helping take care of 80-90 kids a day (with 120 on the Sabbath), doing, what I describe as "VBS 3 times a day for 10 days". In other words- FUN!!
I spent weeks making things to put up in the room.
These shields were hung all around the room.
All made from recycled materials. 😉
In progress...
Done!!
See, I have proof we spent 2 weeks in a tent. 😁
Here is some of what I had to pack to take with us to Camp Meeting.
The building of a Castle.
Doesn't look like much yet...
90% done...
Our prayer wall was used a lot too.
We had a super fun slip & slide 2 of the days during Camp as well.
We had some wonderful story tellers... Here is Ms Linda!
Our cool 'Professor Wolf'!! Pastor EJ did a great job with fun science experiments for us.
Stanley Maxwell telling us stories in our Chapel in the Pines.
Our Sabbath welcome to J1.
And all that fun means... I crushed my step goals! 😄
Here are some pics of our 'Kingdom Kids' in J1.
Then I made the banner...
Looking better?
The kids loved it!!
See you next year in J1 for more fun at Michigan Camp Meeting!
Saturday, March 12, 2016
What I wore to church...
So, for about a month or so I've been taking a picture of my outfits for church...
I don't have a clue where my cloths are from, some are from South Africa, some are from a second hand store.
I hope you enjoy!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Games We Love
My family really likes games - specifically board games!
We will often spend a Thursday evening (our family night) playing games, card games and board games... some of these games are harder (keeping in mind we have 3 boys aged - 9, 10 and 13) and longer to play that we have time or energy for. Because of that, I have found some ways to make the game fun, concise and still fulfilling in it's purpose. That said, here are a couple of our top games:
Catan Family Edition
This is a very fun game! Especially if you don't know the full version. LOL! It's a reasonable game in length of play (about an hour or so), and it's only really been this year that the youngest is able to play by himself. It is a 4 player game and requires a bit of reading.
Basically, the object is to collect 10 victory points by building the most cities, the longest road and collecting some development cards. The rules are simple - and the keys for building roads and cities are all on a card that each player gets - so no memorizing or guessing needed.
Our next favorite is a train board game.
Ticket to Ride
We love this game! (Oh, did I say that already....)
As I said we have 3 boys and this game allows all 5 of us to play at once. Each player chooses a train color and play starts with the person who has travelled the furthest. Each player gets 3 destination cards and has to keep 2 of them to complete as their routes. To complete a route, say from Chicago and Pittsburgh then you would need to collect orange cards to get enough to lay all your trains from those two points. This is difficult to explain if you have not played... but it's not too hard and the game has some good strategy involved - and hopefully you don't get blocked by someone who is headed to a destination near or the same as yours. This game runs 1 - 2 hours too.
As fun as this game is the difficult part of the game is calculating the score. Each connection is a score, each completed destination is a score, and so on. Thankfully, I found an app to help calculate the score! Yay!!
Train Counter app
We will often spend a Thursday evening (our family night) playing games, card games and board games... some of these games are harder (keeping in mind we have 3 boys aged - 9, 10 and 13) and longer to play that we have time or energy for. Because of that, I have found some ways to make the game fun, concise and still fulfilling in it's purpose. That said, here are a couple of our top games:
Catan Family Edition
This is a very fun game! Especially if you don't know the full version. LOL! It's a reasonable game in length of play (about an hour or so), and it's only really been this year that the youngest is able to play by himself. It is a 4 player game and requires a bit of reading.
Basically, the object is to collect 10 victory points by building the most cities, the longest road and collecting some development cards. The rules are simple - and the keys for building roads and cities are all on a card that each player gets - so no memorizing or guessing needed.
Our next favorite is a train board game.
Ticket to Ride
We love this game! (Oh, did I say that already....)
As I said we have 3 boys and this game allows all 5 of us to play at once. Each player chooses a train color and play starts with the person who has travelled the furthest. Each player gets 3 destination cards and has to keep 2 of them to complete as their routes. To complete a route, say from Chicago and Pittsburgh then you would need to collect orange cards to get enough to lay all your trains from those two points. This is difficult to explain if you have not played... but it's not too hard and the game has some good strategy involved - and hopefully you don't get blocked by someone who is headed to a destination near or the same as yours. This game runs 1 - 2 hours too.
As fun as this game is the difficult part of the game is calculating the score. Each connection is a score, each completed destination is a score, and so on. Thankfully, I found an app to help calculate the score! Yay!!
Train Counter app
This is a great app for scoring - this is not so great for scoring while you play... but rather at the end of the game. (As we like too... ) It's super easy to use. You just tap the train on the app that corresponds with the segment you are counting and viola!! Calculations done for you. Love it! Plus it makes cute piano sounds as you tap the trains. My kids love it.
Well, that is all I have time for today.
I'll be back to add more later! Till then - make a family memory today.
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